F1 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Race Weekend Thread

[Gunf]

I need Oscar to win with fastest lap and Max to finish second so we never hear about it again

 

[DamoESP]

Haven’t read through the thread yet so sorry if already posted, but hearing Ted struggling to ask a question through his tears is glorious

Lando interview after failing to make Q2 from dejected Ted

Dubz

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[Festerz]

Haven’t read through the thread yet so sorry if already posted, but hearing Ted struggling to ask a question through his tears is glorious

Lando interview after failing to make Q2 from dejected Ted

Dubz

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Jeez, that was like a dad trying to console his young son after a losing footy game. All that was missing was Ted giving him a cuddle.

Obviously no fan of JV but he at least was the one person on that SkyF1 panel professional and non-partisan enough to call out the narrative of Norris being bundled out of qualifying at P17 because of the yellow flag for Gasly as BS.

Looking at the video of that lap you can see that the yellow panel was switched off BEFORE Norris reached it. It was only a one second thing but as JV rightly said 'you don't have to slow down until the yellow flag and by the time he reached it the yellow flag was off'

'So he did not need to slow down, that was his mistake. He also went off wide in that last corner so it's not even sure his lap time would have been that good.'

The whole 'poor Lando' thing from the rest of the Sky panel was unprofessional BS. FFS I was half expecting Kravitz to blame Piastri for Norris failing to get out of Q1.

 

[Duck Farmer]

The whole 'poor Lando' thing from the rest of the Sky panel was unprofessional BS. FFS I was half expecting Kravitz to blame Piastri for Norris failing to get out of Q1.

Karun's busily fiddling with his big screen trying to find evidence of Piastri stuffing up Ocon's lap leading to the yellow flag.

 

[Vader]

'So he did not need to slow down, that was his mistake. He also went off wide in that last corner so it's not even sure his lap time would have been that good.'

It looked to me that he'd gone off the track completely, so the lap time would have been deleted for exceeding track limits. It wasn't just "not that good", it wouldn't have counted at all.


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[Nuggs Bunny]

Gasly disqualified from qualifying and will start at the back of the grid owing to a fuel flow limit exceedance

Gasly excluded from qualifying at Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Alpine driver Pierre Gasly has been excluded from the results of qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after the stewards determined that his car had breached the fuel flow limit.

www.formula1.com

 

[Aussie pie]

I love how Karma works. Lando and McLaren got the Karma bus right between the eyes.

NB: rumour has it Sky f1 are packing up their equipment and going home early as there’s no point in staying there and apparently Ted is still trying to console Lando. For retribution Sky are just going to let Karun talk for the whole race non stop until they allow Lando back into the top 10 or until someone says it was Oscars fault.

 

[greatgatsby]

Won’t be team orders this weekend

Should have stuck with Papaya

 

[gaskin]

Looking at the video of that lap you can see that the yellow panel was switched off BEFORE Norris reached it. It was only a one second thing but as JV rightly said 'you don't have to slow down until the yellow flag and by the time he reached it the yellow flag was off'

The footage Sky had was wrong. The yellow came after Lando stuffed up in the corner and he rightly slowed down.

 

[Festerz]

It looked to me that he'd gone off the track completely, so the lap time would have been deleted for exceeding track limits. It wasn't just "not that good", it wouldn't have counted at all.

Yeah although we will never know Stella said his time before he aborted the lap was 'good enough'

McLaren has raised the issue of the momentary yellow flag with the FIA btw but the details remain less than clear:

Norris first caught sight of an active flashing light board just before Turn 16 as he emerged from Turn 15, although it's not entirely clear whether this was a yellow light or a white light to indicate slow-moving vehicle. This went out before he got there and didn't appear to affect his approach into Turn 16.

But the yellows that caused him the problem were in marshal sectors 18 - the second sector cars enter after coming through Turn 16. While the onboard footage was inconclusive, McLaren has confirmed its data indicated there was a yellow flag that Norris had to respond to by lifting and aborting the lap.

Norris's Q1 exit: What really went on with mystery yellow flag

Lando Norris's Q1 exit in Azerbaijan GP qualifying was made worse for McLaren by its belief that a yellow flag shown while he was on his final lap was "unnecessary"

www.the-race.com

 

[Skull Face]

Ah so they settled on "not Landos fault, a steward screwed up".

He was so far ahead of the delta for p15 he could have lifted and pushed again and made q2 dunno why they made him completely abort

 

[Festerz]

Haven’t read through the thread yet so sorry if already posted, but hearing Ted struggling to ask a question through his tears is glorious

Lando interview after failing to make Q2 from dejected Ted

Dubz

dubz.co

Compare that interview with the one Ted gave on Friday with Lando's team mate. So unprofessional and biased.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

He was so far ahead of the delta for p15 he could have lifted and pushed again and made q2 dunno why they made him completely abort

He went off the track, the time would have been scrubbed regardless

 

[imadodgyumpire]

I love how Karma works. Lando and McLaren got the Karma bus right between the eyes.

You ought to hope the racing gods don't read BF motorboard threads.

 

[Not Important]

I found the constant references to lando quals dropout during the commentary ****ing annoying.

 

[Skull Face]

He went off the track, the time would have been scrubbed regardless

Did they delete for extending there would have lost more time on the kerb anyway

 

[jabba5114]

It looked to me that he'd gone off the track completely, so the lap time would have been deleted for exceeding track limits. It wasn't just "not that good", it wouldn't have counted at all.


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I watched it with no sound on. I thought he screwed up. Wasn't till later I Rea's the yellow flag thing. But all four tires were definitely over the line.

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[Festerz]

I found the constant references to lando quals dropout during the commentary ****ing annoying.

I genuinely yelled f-off out loud when one of them (I think it was Chandhok) said Lando had provided the other teams a valuable service by demonstrating how impt it was to get a lap in as the track's evolution was surprising everyone.

FFS the SKy Team themselves had spent the 3 practice sessions repeating themselves about the peculiarities of this street circuit and the fact that quali was held late in the day meaning that the dust and falling temps would make staying out on track and banking times was critical as it would only be in the sweet spot for a small period of time.

Unless they just came down in the last rain shower, its something every team strategist knows about the Baku circuit.

Surely even hardened Lando fans in the UK are getting tired of the way these guys (and a couple of the ladies) continue to blow smoke up Lando's ass?

I can't wait what the grid walk without Brundle will be like. Will they have a choir and string section accompanying Ted next to Landos car on the grid playing Barber's Agnus Dei op 11?

 

[Vader]

I watched it with no sound on. I thought he screwed up. Wasn't till later I Rea's the yellow flag thing. But all four tires were definitely over the line.

My thoughts precisely.

 

[largebus]

I can't wait what the grid walk without Brundle will be like. Will they have a choir and string section accompanying Ted next to Landos car on the grid playing Barber's Agnus Dei op 11?

They'll be playing his Adagio for Strings when Max's title is officially confirmed.

 

[Festerz]

They'll be playing his Adagio for Strings when Max's title is officially confirmed.

Same music.

 

[largebus]

Same music.

Gee Barber really milked that one piece didn't he

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

They'll be playing his Adagio for Strings when Max's title is officially confirmed.

It won't be Barber's Adagio for Strings though

 

[Festerz]

Gee Barber really milked that one piece didn't he

Yep. All those big churches and private schools with their choirs was a market he couldn't ignore. And don't get me started on Hollywood

Marketing genius.

 

[happy_eagle]

Btw I think the last few weeks (and the lack of any decision made in the mid season break) pretty much suggests it will be Lawson taking Ricciardos seat, and Sergio staying at RBR for 2025, and Daniel left without a seat and probably off to another series.